WEBVTT - Mandela Day: Rape Crisis does Care Pack Drive initiative

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<v Speaker 1>On a more serious note, though, we want to give

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<v Speaker 1>you another suggestion on ways to give of service this

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<v Speaker 1>coming Friday, Mandela Day. All of last week we focused

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<v Speaker 1>on a couple of ideas and we'll carry on doing

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<v Speaker 1>it this week, so that if you haven't yet found

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<v Speaker 1>a way to give back, or perhaps your company hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>sort of lobbied everyone behind a particular cause and you

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<v Speaker 1>just want to do something on your own, we can

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<v Speaker 1>give you some inspiration. Today, we want to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>you about what Rape Crisis is doing on Friday, because

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<v Speaker 1>they are hoping to rally volunteers to pack essential items

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<v Speaker 1>for their care Pack drive at their Salt River offices.

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<v Speaker 1>While I'm thinking of it, I also want to mention

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<v Speaker 1>that Grand West is doing something on Friday, and the

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<v Speaker 1>chef Kishen as he left did ask me to mention

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<v Speaker 1>that they are going to be packing food and preparing

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<v Speaker 1>meals for those in need with their team on Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>They're hoping to pack five thousand meals with Rise Against Hunger.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you are looking for something in that part

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<v Speaker 1>of the world, perhaps you might like to join in

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<v Speaker 1>that activity at Grand West. But here today the focus

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<v Speaker 1>is on Rape Crisis and their care packs which are

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<v Speaker 1>much more than simply a bag of toiletries. With me

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<v Speaker 1>on the line, Jamillae is smell of rape crisis, Jimilla.

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<v Speaker 1>We're very happy to have you with us a fundraising

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<v Speaker 1>officer for the organization, which we know is a particularly

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<v Speaker 1>challenging role in current economic circumstances. Thank you for your time.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi Paper, thank you so much for having me here today.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure happy to be sharing about our Mandela Day Capectrive,

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<v Speaker 2>which actually starting twenty fifteen and since then we've tried

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<v Speaker 2>our best to keep it consistently going as an annual

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<v Speaker 2>event on Mandela Day and inviting people like you said

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<v Speaker 2>to share the sixty spend the sixty seven minutes with

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<v Speaker 2>us and pack a capac which you've touched on a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. But these care packs are quite a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>They are small, but they hold a great deal which

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<v Speaker 2>include just a christ change of closing and some basic toiletries.

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<v Speaker 2>And this care packt is something that a survivor would

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<v Speaker 2>receive after attending our post grape medical care facilities which

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<v Speaker 2>are called to do. There are care centers and our

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<v Speaker 2>attached hospitals in and around Cape Town and often is

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<v Speaker 2>the first source of compassion and comfort that a survivor

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<v Speaker 2>receives the first physical reminder that someone cares. And so

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<v Speaker 2>having this event is just basically an opportunity not only

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<v Speaker 2>to invite our supporters, our audiences, our volunteers, people that

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<v Speaker 2>feel aligned with the work that we do to come

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<v Speaker 2>and spend their sixty seven when it's not us, but

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<v Speaker 2>also an opportunity for us to connect with our supporters

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<v Speaker 2>in person, because we never get a chance to really

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<v Speaker 2>do that in our work throughout the years. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>a special one.

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<v Speaker 1>Jamila, I want to circle back to really just emphasize

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<v Speaker 1>again what you said there that this is much more

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<v Speaker 1>than handing somebody a deodor into a piece of soap

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<v Speaker 1>that they might have physical need of, because the act,

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<v Speaker 1>just the mere act of coming to a Tota Zella

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<v Speaker 1>care center is an active, immense courage, the act of

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<v Speaker 1>seeking help rather than as we know, many survivors do

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<v Speaker 1>not speak up, do not tell anybody, cannot face what

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<v Speaker 1>they think the repercussions are going to be in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of secondary victimization, and don't share any of what has

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<v Speaker 1>happened to them with anybody. So the very act of

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<v Speaker 1>arriving at a TOUTA Zella Care center is one that

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<v Speaker 1>requires a huge summoning up of courage. Do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to just expand for us and emphasize what it then

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<v Speaker 1>means to be there and not just be treated with

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<v Speaker 1>compassion by the staff there and given the medical care

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<v Speaker 1>that is necessary, but to be handed a parcel that

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<v Speaker 1>somebody else has packed for you, who has thought about

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<v Speaker 1>what you might need in this darkest moment of your life.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a moment of sort of humanizing. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>reminded there that although the person who's done this to

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<v Speaker 1>you was acting in the most inhuman way possible, not everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Is like that exactly, no, speaking exactly the fact, that

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<v Speaker 2>is exactly what we do, and it is absolutely one

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<v Speaker 2>of those things where you spend your sixty seven minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's about turning that empathy into action and knowing

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<v Speaker 2>that what you are doing is going to directly impact

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<v Speaker 2>the life of a survivor and bring them comfort in

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<v Speaker 2>their journey. It is a big deal. There's many factors

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<v Speaker 2>involved in reporting sexual violence, and these many factors we

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<v Speaker 2>know that stop individuals and survivors from actually doing that,

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<v Speaker 2>So yes, it is a major step for them to

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<v Speaker 2>actually attend these to their Lackey centers. And the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that we can have our supporters and audiences be a

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<v Speaker 2>part of directly impacting a survivor on their journey, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>providing that little bit of safety and reassured and in

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<v Speaker 2>the form of a key pack right after they had

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<v Speaker 2>a wing experience is major an deeply impactful and so

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<v Speaker 2>we know that when people come and pack with us,

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<v Speaker 2>even they receive the tag that entails who exactly they

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<v Speaker 2>are packing a keypack for. And oftentimes even the layman's

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<v Speaker 2>people that come and they just are supporting us and

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<v Speaker 2>wanting to spend the sixty even with a Minnesotas can

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<v Speaker 2>feel trick, it can form feel some sort of secondy traumas.

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<v Speaker 2>So we have counselors on site for that exact reason

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<v Speaker 2>as well, just in case, you know, any containment needs

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<v Speaker 2>to occur and we need to provide some sort of

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<v Speaker 2>safe space and some words of encouragement. But it is everything.

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<v Speaker 2>So we invite people to join us if that's what

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<v Speaker 2>they feel aligned with, but also understand that it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's deep and it's impactful.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Now, if somebody does feel aligned and would like

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<v Speaker 1>to join you on Friday. Firstly, what is entailed, how

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<v Speaker 1>much time do they need to give, where do they

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<v Speaker 1>need to be, et cetera. And secondly, how do they

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<v Speaker 1>connect with you to let them let you know that

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<v Speaker 1>they're coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, amazing. So basically our care tact drive will be

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<v Speaker 2>open from ten am until two pm on Friday the

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<v Speaker 2>eighteenth of July, and we will be We've got a

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<v Speaker 2>collaboration on with to You who's also previously known as

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<v Speaker 2>Gets Smarter. So the event will take place at their

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<v Speaker 2>offices at e five eighth Victory Earl. You can look

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<v Speaker 2>at our socials Grape Crisis Caape some trust for all

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<v Speaker 2>information as well. And then also you can reach out

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<v Speaker 2>to me directly as the fundraising officer. You can give

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<v Speaker 2>me an email at which is my name Jamiela j

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<v Speaker 2>A M double e l A h at today crisis

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<v Speaker 2>dot org dot jed A happy to answer any questions

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<v Speaker 2>and then people can just come spend as much time

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<v Speaker 2>with us as they would like to. Sometimes we get

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<v Speaker 2>people come in with donations of toylity items as well,

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<v Speaker 2>which is more than welcome to do. And that list

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<v Speaker 2>can also be found on our socials. It's just a

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<v Speaker 2>tooth brush space, closs help and sanity towels that go

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<v Speaker 2>into the pack as essential items. And yeah, they can

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<v Speaker 2>come and spend all four hours with us or the

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<v Speaker 2>sixty seven minutes or less time. It doesn't matter. We

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<v Speaker 2>encourage everyone to just come and be a part of

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<v Speaker 2>the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Jamina, I hope you're going to be overwhelmed with pairs

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<v Speaker 1>of hands wanting to help. Just to repeat Jamila's email

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<v Speaker 1>address j A. M. Double e l Ah Jamila at

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<v Speaker 1>rapecrisis dot org dot side. Otherwise, go onto their social

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<v Speaker 1>media go to their website rape crisis dot org dot

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<v Speaker 1>SIDA for details on how to sign up or on

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<v Speaker 1>how to pledge your donation in kind if that is

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<v Speaker 1>how you would like to help. Jamila, thank you so

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<v Speaker 1>much for your time the fundraising officer for Rape Crisis

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<v Speaker 1>doing absolutely essential work. And another idea on how you

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<v Speaker 1>might like to share your sixty seven minutes this Friday,